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News Seasonic extends Prime PSU warranties to 12 years

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Gareth Halfacree, 3 Mar 2017.

  1. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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  2. GaryP

    GaryP RIP Tel

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    I know you pay the price initially but that's what you call a warranty.
     
  3. Paradigm Shifter

    Paradigm Shifter de nihilo nihil fit

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    Seasonic are the only PSUs I buy now.

    Had one too many Corsair PSUs die for my liking.
     
  4. Big Elf

    Big Elf Oh no! Not another f----ing elf!

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    Same here although my pair of SeaSonic PSUs 'only' have the 7 year warranty.
     
  5. Wwhat

    Wwhat Minimodder

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    Pretty bold for something that has several capacitors.

    Have a corsair now that's been going for years, to offset the other posters' negative reports.
    The quickest dying one I had was a be-quiet unit.
     
  6. Anfield

    Anfield Multimodder

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    It is all but certain that we will have some new connector standards in significantly less than 12 years, so most PSUs will be in a landfill long before the warranty expires and for the handful that fail during the last couple years? Given the premium price charged that barely registers as a rounding error if they give away a couple new ones.
     
  7. el_raberto

    el_raberto What's a Dremel?

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    3 PSUs in regular use: OCZ Mod X Stream Pro 700W (since 28/06/2013), OCZ Stealth XStream 600W (since 06/03/2010) & Corsair 550W VX Series (since 09/10/2008). Like everything else lasted this long through a combination of quality & luck!
     
  8. TheMadDutchDude

    TheMadDutchDude The Flying Dutchman

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    I've had too many issues with the AX1200i units and I've been put off of them for good. I'd much sooner buy a Seasonic over anything else. Well, that and EVGA units are on my buy list. Whenever this RM650 gives out, then it'll be replacement time with something better.
     
  9. GeorgeK

    GeorgeK Swinging the banhammer Super Moderator

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    Interesting this - the only PSUs that I've ever had issues with were Seasonic ones... To be fair they did replace them both times but I did lose out on two lots of postage (and posting PSUs is not cheap...) I'm on an EVGA (superflower) one now and so far it's been solid as a rock.
     
  10. Nexxo

    Nexxo * Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock 'n' Roll

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    I had a PC Power and Cooling PSU once. They are supposed to be of legendary quality --in the US they are considered the go-to PSU for a quality rig:

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    Erm... yeah...

    Replaced it with a Corsair, which has been fine. Seasonic are quality PSUs though.
     
  11. ZERO <ibis>

    ZERO <ibis> Minimodder

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    I am still running PC power and cooling PSUs, they are over 10 years old.
     

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